How To Install e2fslibs on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fslibs on Debian 9.
What is e2fslibs
e2fslibs is:
The ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems are successors of the original ext (“extended”) file system. They are the main file system types used for hard disks on Debian and other Linux systems.
This package provides the ext2fs and e2p libraries, for userspace software that directly accesses extended file systems. Programs that use libext2fs include e2fsck, mke2fs, and tune2fs. Programs that use libe2p include dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.
There are three methods to install e2fslibs on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install e2fslibs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install e2fslibs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install e2fslibs
Install e2fslibs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install e2fslibs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install e2fslibs
Install e2fslibs Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install e2fslibs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install e2fslibs
How To Uninstall e2fslibs on Debian 9
To uninstall only the e2fslibs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove e2fslibs
Uninstall e2fslibs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall e2fslibs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove e2fslibs
Remove e2fslibs Configurations and Data
To remove e2fslibs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge e2fslibs
Remove e2fslibs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove e2fslibs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge e2fslibs
Dependencies
e2fslibs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fslibs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.